Black tar heroin

Heroin will affect the brain stem this area of the brain controls the body function, functions like respiratory and heart rate. Affecting the limbic system that controls our emotions, they will also block signals through the spinal cord (NIDA.org, 2014). Over time, while using heroin, the brain will stop producing the dopamine and opiates naturally, causing many users not to reach their expected Heroin will have several short term effects on a person…

Drug abuse is a worldwide issue that developing countries as well as developed countries face. According to, The Drug Abuse Working Network, drug abuse is defined as, “The nonmedical use of a substance for any of the following reasons: Psychic effects, dependence, or suicide attempt/ gesture.” Drug abuse come in many forms such as using prescription drugs in an inconsistent manner which is not accepted by medical practice, use of over the counter drugs in contradiction with the approved…

these patients may go through withdrawal. Because the withdrawal symptoms of opiates are not especially pleasant, and the user might have become physically, and emotional dependent on the drug they may turn to illegal drugs. Heroin is the drug most opioid addicts turn to. Heroin provides the same euphoria and pain relief as prescription opioids. Prescription opioids are not the only pain relieving therapy available. Other options include acupuncture, TENS, and biofeedback therapy.…

How would you feel if your family was torn apart, due to addictions to prescription medication? People do not seem to realize how dangerous prescription drug abuse can be. There are more and more people everyday getting addicted to prescription drugs. Yet, no one seems to try to put a stop to it. People of all ages can get addicted, teenagers, adults, or even kids. Addiction is a very dangerous thing. It not only hurts the people who are addicted, but it hurts the people around them too. Yes, it…

The impact a father has on his son is a huge one and a father-son bond is a bond like no other. The same genes and blood that run through the former drug dealing, heroin and cocaine addict runs through his son Tony Dokoupil, a man that has a family to care for and a man that has to remind himself every day that the lifestyle his father had and grew up in is not the right lifestyle for him and his family. Tony Dokoupil…

Maryland is known as the U.S Heroin capital and one in ten of Baltimore’s residents are addicted to the drug (Yang, 2014). Graph 1 provided by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (2014) represents the number of deaths caused by Heroin in Baltimore, MD from January through June 2007-2014: Drug abuse is a disease that is often overlooked and if left untreated it could turn into a recreational activity for the people using them. Many teens are using illegal substances and…

Nassau County residents have died last year due to heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses. Heroin is known to be a very addictive drug because it is a painkiller that enters the brain very quickly, and therefore gives fast results. The majority of people in our society like instant gratification. Heroin is a highly addictive synthetic (made of chemicals) opiate drug. It is made from morphine which is taken from an opiate poppy plant. Heroin can be injected into your veins, snorted from…

Marijuana “It is an obscenity that we stigmatize so many young Americans with a criminal record for smoking marijuana. But not one major wall street executive has been prosecuted for the near collapse of our entire economy.” Says Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. So many young lives are disrupted or destroyed because they have sold or smoke a plant that has never killed anyone or even contributed to anyones death. I have researched the various pros and cons of Marijuana over the past year,…

Welfare is the provision of a minimal level of well-being and social support for all citizens, sometimes referred to as public aid. This support is offered by the government to citizens that are currently unemployed. This is offered until they can get back on their feet and get a job where they can start paying taxes, and make an income themselves. Welfare recipients should be drug tested because it will protect taxpayer’s money, it is an intervention opportunity for the families, and it…

Controversy over Marijuana When you hear the word Marijuana also known as Cannabis, what comes to mind, an illegal recreational drug or a medicine? Its existence goes back as far as 7000 B.C.; it was not until the early 1900’s when marijuana was used as a recreational drug. Thereby, generating an ongoing controversy about its use in society since. Marijuana is a drug that has negative effects if consumed in excess, but has also had medicinal benefits for certain individuals who suffer from…